Tag: Arizona Land Department
State Auditor General Lindsey Perry is blasting the State Land Department for leasing land to a Saudi-owned company in western Arizona for below-market rates and not requiring it to pay...
State offers bargain basement deal for land – but most can’t bid
More than four square miles of state land in Apache Junction is being auctioned off this coming month for what might seem like bargain-basement prices. But odds are you won’t...
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Here is what is working in Arizona
The business and private sectors should appreciate the goals of the Ducey administration’s initiative to improve government referred to as the Arizona Management System (AMS), which focuses on understanding “customer”...
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AG seeks dismissal of Land Department suit, plaintiff wants assurance
The Attorney General’s Office’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a proposal to make the state Land Department self-funding may contain the genesis of at least a temporary solution to...
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Supreme Court rejects funding mechanism for Land Department
The Arizona Supreme Court today rejected lawmakers’ decision in 2009 to divert a portion of revenues from the state trust lands to pay for the operations of the State Land...
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Court of Appeals blocks Land Department funding scheme
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Court considers ruling on funding for Ariz. agency
An Arizona appeals court on Wednesday considers whether to block a judge’s ruling that a state agency will effectively scuttle most of its funding. The Land Department is trying to...
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Longtime policy advisor Ken Rozen passes away
Schools, others fear new trust-land law
A freshly passed budget bill granting the Arizona State Land Department the ability to raise money independently to pay for the costs of state trust land management could face a...
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Brewer signs environment bill, but no action on rest of budget
New land commissioner wrapped up in Renzi’s legal tangle
Phoenix Councilwoman Baier named state land commissioner
Gov. Jan Brewer named Phoenix City Councilwoman Maria Baier as the new state land commissioner. “(Baier) brings numerous years of outstanding experience in the public and private sectors, with expertise...